Lesson Plan
Frog and Toad Are Friends Discussion Guide
- Grades: PreK–K, 1–2
About this book
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.4
Lexile Measure: 400L
Guided Reading Level: K
Age: Age 6, Age 7, Age 5
Genre: Classics, Series
Subject: Outdoor Activities and Recreation, Friends and Friendship, Kindness and Compassion, Spring Themes
Encourage discussion of Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad Are Friends with these questions.
- Ask children if they have ever lost a button from their clothing. Have them share descriptions of their lost buttons. Encourage children to use descriptive language in their explanations including shape, color, size, or number of holes. Then tell children that they will hear a tale of a toad who lost a button from his jacket.
- Ask children to describe the buttons on the clothes they're wearing. Encourage children to use attributes such as shape, color, size, thickness, or number holes in their descriptions.
- Subjects:Cooperation and Teamwork, Animals, Colors, Early Math, Shapes and Sizes, Loyalty, Friends and Friendship


